'14/6 Vol I OFF SHORE OIL'

Content

The volume comprises telegrams, despatches, correspondence, memoranda, and notes, relating to offshore oil and the definition of territorial waters in the Persian Gulf The historical term used to describe the body of water between the Arabian Peninsula and Iran. .

The discussion in the volume relates to the following issues:

• A Saudi proclamation regarding seabed and subsoil rights and decree defining territorial waters
• A Persian Government draft Bill on seabed rights (folio 27)
• A draft declaration (folio 38) of the Muscat government and other Arab coast rulers.

Further discussion (ff 31-33) surrounds the concern of the Governments of the United Kingdom and the United States to establish agreed jurisdiction to allow seabed drilling by oil companies on an agreed basis and prevent claims by other powers.

Also discussed (ff 56-57) is the visit by Bertram Thomas to the Trucial Coast A name used by Britain from the nineteenth century to 1971 to refer to the present-day United Arab Emirates. in November 1948 as a representative of an oil company.

Included (ff 9-22) in the file are copies of the 'Royal Pronouncement concerning the policy of the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia with respect to the subsoil and sea Bed areas in the Persian Gulf The historical term used to describe the body of water between the Arabian Peninsula and Iran. contiguous to the coasts of the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia'.

The file features the following principal correspondents: the Political Resident A senior ranking political representative (equivalent to a Consul General) from the diplomatic corps of the Government of India or one of its subordinate provincial governments, in charge of a Political Residency. in the Persian Gulf The historical term used to describe the body of water between the Arabian Peninsula and Iran. (William Rupert Hay); the Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs, London (Ernest Bevin); an official of the Foreign Office (Sir Bernard Alexander Brocas Burrows) the Political Agent A mid-ranking political representative (equivalent to a Consul) from the diplomatic corps of the Government of India or one of its subordinate provincial governments, in charge of a Political Agency. , Muscat (Randall Erskine Ellison); HM Ambassador to Iran (Sir John Helier Le Rougetel).

Extent and format

1 file (56 folios)

Arrangement

The papers are arranged in rough chronological order from the front to the rear of the file.

Physical characteristics

Foliation: the foliation sequence (used for referencing) commences at the front cover with 1, and terminates at the inside back cover with 58; these numbers are written in pencil, are circled, and are located in the top right corner of the recto The front of a sheet of paper or leaf, often abbreviated to 'r'. side of each folio. A previous foliation sequence, which is also circled, has been superseded and therefore crossed out.

Written in

English in Latin script

Type

Archival file

Access & Reference

Original held at

British Library: India Office The department of the British Government to which the Government of India reported between 1858 and 1947. The successor to the Court of Directors. Records and Private Papers Documents collected in a private capacity.

Access conditions

Unrestricted

Archive reference

IOR/R/15/6/442

Former external reference(s)

14/6/1

History of this record

Date(s)

10 Nov 1948-17 Sep 1949 (CE, Gregorian)

Subjects

Ocean floorPetroleum industry

Places

OmanSaudi Arabia

People & organisations

Political Resident, Persian GulfHM Ambassador to IranSecretary of State for Foreign AffairsUnited States Consul General, Dhahran

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